Record duplicate



j ne 19, 1951 P; w, BROWN 2,551,255

RECORD DUPLICATE Filed Nov. '7, 1945 f INVOICE f DATE 6 .2 N 3 8 8 3 JALESMAN SHIPPED VIA- TERMS SHIPPING DATE LIST Pmc: GMSEXTENSION NET lave/ Er:- l. W Brown Patented June 19, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RECORD DUPLICATE Percival W. Brown, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Application November 7, 1945, Serial No. 627,205

1 Claim. (01. 28227) My invention relates to record duplicates, an object of the invention being to provide a device of the character herewithin described particularly for use in combination with standard forms of invoice original, whereby a sheaf of duplicates may rapidly be leafed-through at the upper left hand corner thereof for the purpose of locating a given name.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which includes a protecting strip along the bottom of the invoice duplicate to protect an underlying surface against soiling by a sheet of carbon paper placed between the invoice original and the invoice duplicate sheet, which strip is subsequently torn off as hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective illustration of a conventional invoice original, showing my ready-reference invoice duplicate sheet therebeneath, but with the intervening carbon sheet removed for clarity.

In the conventional form of invoice I, it will be recognized that the invoicees name 2 appears a substantial distance from the upper horizontal edge 3, the space above the invoicees name being frequently occupied by various text. With this arrangement, it will equally be recognized that a space of similar dimensions exists between the carbon copy 4 of the invoicees name and the upper edge 5 of the invoice duplicate 6.

In small businesses where a minimum of records are kept, the wide space between the name 4 and the upper edge 5 is a matter of considerable inconvenience when leafing or thumbingthrough a sheaf of duplicates to locate a certain name. In effect the wide space makes necessary the lifting of the upper left hand corner of each duplicate to a considerably greater extent than would be the case if the name appeared closer to the edge. In fact, the wide space commonly existing results in the left hand corners being inadvertently creased diagonally which renders the operation of thumbing-through for a plain that the reason why the edges 3 and 5 of the invoice original and the invoice duplicate sheet must, in the first place coincide, is for the purpose of satisfactorily lining up the surrounding edges of the duplicate with the original. Were the edges 3 and 5 not coincidentat the time of making the copy, it might subsequently be found that the duplicate had not covered the region upon which the invoicees name had been impressed. Apart from this however it will also be recognized that the duplicate sheet might be skewed with respect to the original, and those skilled in the art to which this invention relates will readily recognize that for all practical purposes the top edges of the duplicate and original must in the first instance be aligned.

Along the bottom of my invoice duplicate sheet I also provide a tear-ofi strip ll] detachable along the line of weakness H. The strip I0 is less important than the strip 1, but nonetheless, it will readily be recognized that bundles of invoice duplicates should preferably be of the smallest practicable dimensions. Hence, after the copy has been made on my invoice duplicate, the strip l0 may be torn off before the duplicate is filed away.

It should be explained further in this connection that it would be undesirable if the width from the line of weakness H to the top edge 5 of my duplicate were in the first place less than the width between the corresponding edges of the original, since in such cases, a strip of carbon paper would lie exposed beyond the edge H, and in placing the original and the duplicate in the typewriter the lower part of the carbon paper would be liable to become torn, wrinkled and the like, quite apart from which the exposed bottom part of the carbon paper would be liable to soil the fingers of the operator or come in contact with other papers which might also become soiled. It is therefore to be understood that until the duplicate copy has been made, the strip l 0 should remain in place as a protector against tearing, soiling and the like.

Although I have described my invention primarily in connection with its use as an invoice duplicate sheet, it will be recognized that the same may be employed for other forms of record where, for example, instead of a name in the upper left hand corner, some other symbol might be needed either in the upper left or right cor-- ners. I therefore do not desire to be confined in the scope of the claim appended hereto, solely to invoice duplicates.

What I claim as my invention is:

A manifolding set comprising an original invoice form having an appropriately designated 3 4 area thereon for the invoicees name and address at a distance below the top edge of the form, and REFERENCES CITED a rec d p ca Sheet positioned in H The following references are of record in the coincidence therebehind, whereby the invoicees fil f t t name and address may be reproduced in registry with the designated area on the invoice form, 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS said duplicate sheet having a line of weakness Number Name ate parallel with the top edge thereof just above the 78 77 Lees Feb. 7, 1905 name and address receiving portion. ,662 Barnett Sept. 23, 1924 PERCIVAL W. BROWN. 10 

